a very long lizzie what pride the picture you flora. what is the position on the streets tonight a lot of colonel gadhafi forces out on the streets if the worst should happen. of course the army is very much ready they haven't been using anywhere near the full military capability there are as i said many volunteers ordinary people who have taken up on the right defending their areas but i say late this is not the opposition haven't taken any part but that they are meeting. those. people taken over by the army that one of them. difficult to get rid of rather than taking and keep his thirty. and. fifty libyan having a few problems with the phone line from tripoli tonight obviously there's some problems with everything is going on around you they're wrong colonel gadhafi went on t.v. to say that he would protect tripoli he wouldn't leave tripoli also called on people there to take up arms and protect the capital what has the public response been you saying that a lot of the public in the city of very much behind him what was the response t

his regime let's get the latest from independent journalist lizzie feelin she's in tripoli she's been updating us on i. could do you on the line again tonight all reports the fighting is raging around the capital from where you are what can you tell us. and yeah i'm. currently i'm in a band i still area of tripoli but it does appear that these relatively small groups. or whatever you want to call them i'm not. sure. the opposition moved in from the capital. and it's really how long they can last. the libyan army which of course is the conventional army and the port here. in tripoli by the libyan government. so maybe we just wait to get our and. then they. are but. they don't have any kind of popular support and they don't. i mean i know they don't have any. because it doesn't look very lizzie what is what is the position on the streets tonight a lot of colonel gadhafi forces out on the streets if the worst should happen. of course the army is very much ready to be a new thing anyway military capability there are. many volunteers ordinary people who are they can take them on to are def

field she's covering the civil war for us from tripoli lizzie good to have you on the program tonight thanks for being on r.t. international what are people saying on the streets around you there in the libyan capital do they sense a battle approaching what are they telling me. thank you for having me well it's clear that obviously the libyan people on immune from the media war that is currently in full force against the libyan government and the libyan people but these claims that x.y. and their towns surrounding it certainly have been captured and stories about defections from the libyan government they clearly part of a can tame to create confusion part of the psychological operations against libya and to give you one example of that today on al jazeera we had a rebel from london claiming that. maybe a well known leader in libya was leaving the country. under the protection of nato now the reason why this is are lawful was because actually in a couple of days maybe far from work in with nato is actually taking legal action against nato paul the massacre of his grandchildren so as i

so cruel is it for now though thank you very much for the sub date and i was a journalist lizzie phelan joining us from tripoli. and later we'll be joined live by journalist modernism roy who's moving around inside the hotel where the international press is holed up at the moment we'll hear from him later and in the meantime the white house is hailed what a cold the tipping point for the regime of colonel gadhafi r.t. is going to take on as the latest from washington d.c. . and president obama spoke earlier this sunday night saying tripoli is slipping from the grasp of a tyrant also that qaddafi must relinquish power once and for all nato secretary general has made a statement of similar effect saying they could offer a regime is crumbling and that now the leaders have a chance for a new beginning he also said that the transition must come peacefully and of quote well that part has raised a lot of questions because everything that was going on in tripoli has been very far from the piece we were talking about extensive bombings by nato throughout the weekend actually throughout six month

capital is the latest to only see now on the phone from tripoli and talk to independent journalist lizzie thiel and she's joining us again this evening lizzie very good evening to thanks for being with us again i know the situations very fluid way you are it's difficult to establish exactly what's going on in different parts of the city but it does doesn't it seem tonight the fighting has reached the streets of tripoli. yes i can we. begin with you i think. and then we heard the quote by the. people refreshing relief of course. the famous because we hear i think that route. and joining them and we've just had a press conference that i think the intelligence here in libya. thank you for what . happened during the war on the plane i think now i. think on the ground is make three percent and then of course they have been going through them and sending them to me and i'm not being a great friend we've seen in recent be an interview. with him i'm not very famous. i mean that. now. really. everybody is. saying we're hearing that so. revolutionary they. really. made the fork is becoming clear. b

lizzie for you good evening. again i know the situation is very fluid way you are it's difficult to stop exactly what's going on in different parts of the city but it does doesn't it seem to like the fighting has reached the streets of tripoli. yes well again we've seen the fight begin with a few snipers. and then we had a call by the rebels in the city which are essentially religious schools which obviously a member called that we had i think the group where calling on people to come and join them and we just had a press conference by the head of the intelligence here in libya who has accused the way. that. during the so-called war that he i think. i was it shoot on the ground. troops on the ground and of course they have been brought in weapons to them and sending them by the imam think these groups and we've seen in recently an interview. with. a very famous. i mean the terrorist. really the hypocrisy of the west every day is becoming clearer. and in the early days of this crisis we were hearing that the so-ca

at this point we can now cross to independent journalist lizzie feelin in tripoli to find out what's happening on the ground there hello lizzie thank you for joining us under what is sure to be stressful circumstances tell us first of all where are you exactly at this moment in time. i at the moment i'm in. the south which is where the foreign journalists think in their capital it's a media center and it can become it's necessary that foreign media sense and that happens in essentially. the hotel right now because of you see the situation. outside knots yes say. that there's been intense nato bombing of the city. so clearly you know there's been a lot of bloodshed tonight the last at the last time we hide which is a few hours ago i think the death toll for the day was one thousand three hundred so surely gets raised enough that nato has or hasn't gotten its times today you know and i'll just point out this point are you being threatened in any way is the hotel under government control rebel control or do you know what control the hotel is under how do you feel at this moment time in

lizzie, what was the issue? >> it was long-time fiscal outlook for the u.s..aid we are not considering over the 10 year time frame. s&p could move to downgrade to double a status in two years time. behind the scenes, there was an behind of the action. s&p went to the full committee and got the officials in europe to concur hat it needed to move to double a plus . so what you are seeing s&p was committed to a downgrade regardless of what the error was. why? the fiscal picture and dc and infighting that they are calling detrimental to the fiscal out look is not good and interest rates could spike and the economy could weaken further. one final point. treasury officials and federal reserve officials and primary dealers who met on august 3rd essentially said they did not think a downgrade wasinent -- was imminent. >> we are accusing the accuser i guess. the s&p how pressing it was or not regarding the other crisis. is this to be expected or should we dismiss s&p? >> s&p is doing a big favor. this is getting oust hand and this is what i look for. somebody to be a c

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and once again get some better samantha style so australia i'm still sort of able to find an answer lizzie and i mean seeing six three six two a video replay helping shut off to a quick victory the russian was runner up here to came costas a year ago. next opponent well number two is when i will survive the fierce match up against. the most likely place at six three and held on to win the second after an hour in the course of play on tie break so shut up i is next while the second sunday final things andrea petkovic of germany who knocked out now the russian live did get through all of our take on. it. over in the man's moscow still the world stopped three have been dumped out mardy fish with a lot of the best nights of his career costing all the second ranked a pile of dull fish winning seventy percent of the service points to really they six three six four win. and order federer's hopes of claiming a third straight cincinnati title but the swayze halted in the quarters by thomas burdick to be open he said six two before i think of the weigh in on a second so tiebreaker meaning which has

lizzie, what was the issue? >> it was long-time fiscal outlook for the u.s.. said we are not considering over the 10 year time frame. s&p could move to downgrade to double a status in two years time. behind the scenes, there was an behind of the action. s&p went to the full committee and got the officials in europe to concur hat it needed to move to double a plus . so what you are seeing s&p was committed to a downgrade regardless of what the error was. why? the fiscal picture and dc and infighting that they are calling detrimental to the fiscal out look is not good and interest rates could spike and the economy could weaken further. one final point. treasury officials and federal reserve officials and primary dealers who met on august 3rd essentially said they did

brief window when power was restored we managed to speak on the phone with independent journalist lizzie phelan who saw safe khadafi herself. well there have been some extraordinary events right of course we've been hearing over the past few days that the libyan government is crumbling the position of the rebels are saying that they are in the control of tripoli so it was not about surprise surprise of all the foreign journalists and there were five bodies i'm sorry at the hotel. with . funny boy he gave an interview he did and he also took some of that done with him for a drive to safety where they were taken. away some of them say they still thousands of people in the in the area in support that the libyan government. a number of his as people from tribes across the country have come into the capital to support the struggle here against the rebels. very much relaxed in high spirits he insisted that the libyan government and for them pay is winning against the rebels and then we also have the news that mohammed gadhafi has brought on the gadhafi the son who was reported to have been cap

say nato is portraying celebre torrie fireworks as a battle for the capital independent journalist lizzy feelin a says that the reports are the alliance is a way to create panic. that gun fire and fire what's that happening and it's gunfire and fire why it's celebrates every gun fire and as a result of the. emergence of rebels in the city. of gangs as the libyan government are calling them. that has had now being cleared out of the city and they've now been captured and i rested and essentially dealt with the only gunfire that we're hearing is centigrade speak on finding any explosions that way hearing nato air strikes overnight so it's not sound bombs which are clearly designed to create a sense of panic in the capital city of tripoli now what we're hearing that happens idea today is that the. rebels in libya. via the. channels they created sun sake footage of themselves inside claiming that they were inside and tripoli they scraped and of course the media then the mainstream media and the western media in particular these reports which creates a sense of panic amongst the libyan people

journalists are station but earlier we managed to speak on the phone with independent journalist lizzie phelan who is sore saif gadhafi herself. there have been some extraordinary events right of course we've been hearing over the few days that the libyan government is crumbling about this enough claim the rebels that claim that they i mean i complete control of tripoli so it was much about the pride of the pride that all the foreign. power went by but i'm sorry i thought. you probably i gave an interview you did make people think that some of it with him for a drive. where they would take him to be the way some of them say they thought thousands of people in this area and of course that the libyan government report that a number of these are people from tribe that quote the country have come into the capital. here and again the rebels. are very much relaxed. hi. the fear is that the libyan government are winning against the rebels and then we all thought how could that mohammed gadhafi. moammar gadhafi doesn't run he was reported to have been caught that has been released by the by tha

foreign journalists are holed up earlier we managed to speak on the phone with independent journalist lizzie phelan who saw saif gadhafi herself. you say that it would be in the document is crumbling plain rebel that claim that they are in complete control of tripoli with much of the price. applied to the current time. went by probably to our hotel. probably i'm david. rivkin right. where they would take them. some of them paid a thousand people in this area and. the men and. lot of the people from private. capital. here again. very much relaxed then high theory. that if you can comment on this be a winning the rebel and then we'll have to. be ready by gadhafi i mean i've already paid the libyan. so of course he's. ok well that about what's happening here in the capital. and on our website r.t. dot com we've got more interviews with witnesses from the next office hotel in tripoli. and you who is responsible for us said return going so obviously this. is are volunteers the soldiers returned from. the big. picture of lost confidence trying to say they've been talking to us by rebels and or afr

we go we'll keep you up to date as more information becomes available that independent journalist lizzie feeling reporting for us there thank you. twenty years ago history was in the making on the streets of moscow when the city was under military curfew on the second day of an attempt to overthrow mikhail gorbachev then president of the soviet union archies tom barton looks back at the attempted coup that proved pivotal in the collapse of the u.s.s.r. . twenty years ago moscow was in turmoil tanks on the streets barricades monday outside the russian parliament the white house panic and anger were in the on the soviet army came face to face with its own people. the first couple of days were pretty scary that's when we had to go to key points in the city and protect them there were crowds of people gathering and violence was on the verge of breaking out the coup plotters had isolated soviet leader mikhail gorbachev and seized control of media outlets but one reporter defied the k.g.b. officers in his news room. we've switched on our t.v. camera without much hope of being able to go on air

center for research on globalization thank you for joining us now we can go to independent journalist lizzy feelin who says we shouldn't write off gadhafi forces just yet i will name the say the hotel right now because of you see the situation. outside is not so yes safe and i'm evil so i've also had said that there's been intense nato bombing of the city. so clearly you know there's been a lot of bloodshed some nights that the last time we had which is a few hours ago i think that toll for the day was one thousand three hundred so shooting has risen above that and nato has a has a month to advance on its hands today so what i can say is i definitely would not underestimate the libyan army they do have the mass supplies we have seen we should be very invention lens about but leaving and hearing and i got bibles say as we know they have made out of many claims throughout the duration of this crisis case which had been prevented baseball's. political scientist dr michael parenti based in berkeley california says protecting civilians was just a pretext for nato to step into libya topple gadhaf

itself but many people on the ground there say the situation is much calmer than those reports suggest lizzi feel and there's an independent journalist in tripoli who says that false accounts of what's happening have served only to stir up the conflict. we've been hearing from the rebels and from nato that nato allies the sense of the rebels a day a week or very close to tripoli we've been hearing this for the past five months so the people of tripoli have essentially got used to these claims and don't treat them very seriously we've been hearing that zawiya is under control that breaker is in country kinds of control but the reality is that what is happening in these areas is that they are coming under intense nato bombardment and leaving the libyan army and the volunteers essentially the tribes and people in libya to move out of the area temporarily while the airstrikes are taking place last night there was some incidents in parts of tripoli which with seem to have been quite rapidly of dealt with why by the people here by the libyan government people started to come out into the streets t

foreign journalists are holed up earlier we managed to speak on the phone with independent journalist lizzy. fella who saw so you could ask yourself. that libyan government. plane the plane that they are completely out of there with my right. side of the bar in. the photo when. the hotel. i gave an interview. with right. where they were taken. from have been paid a thousand people in the. media and. a number but it is people from tried across the country have come in. here again. very much in high. activity in government. and then we all have to. be relieved by. i mean the authority to speak. so of course these events. about what's happening here in the capital. i don't know how come we caught more interviews with witnesses from the rixos hotel in tripoli. who is responsible. these are volunteers. he returned. it. is not a picture it was confident journalists to say they've been talking to the boy rebels that are afraid for their lives get more information from inside the libyan capital r t dot com. the u.k. has reportedly authorized a clandestine operations the assault on tripoli covert in

revolutionary flags all over tripoli sound independent reports suggest girl gadhafi may be regaining control lizzie phelan heard it could be the leading leader's intentional strategy to let the rebels in. i have heard before that people have come out in green square and other thoughts waving the green flag and that the libyan army is in control now what we've heard is that the strategy up in libyan government and army was mixed in sadr city because previously they have been operating in sleeper cells and therefore it was very difficult for the libyan army to know where they were so you can strategy was part of bringing them out of the. direct confrontation so that they could we quite swiftly and also we have. a large part of that question. and i that came in from came from the areas. we have also. people there. so this is this is the information that i'm hearing from our contacts across chippie of course this is a huge time around. and if they turn out to be. coming now it's. then it will be very interesting to see what this means whole nato and its forces on the ground are you the rebels. the whit

foreign journalists are holed up earlier we managed to speak on the phone with independent journalist lizzy phelan who saw saif gadhafi herself. we've been hearing over the few days that the libyan government is crumbling and have claimed rebels that claim that they are in complete control of tripoli so it was much about apply to the part of all the foreign and the rick perry how it went by friday at the hotel. where you from the boy who gave an interview he did and he also put some of it with him for a drive through the fifty where they were taken to be the area where some of them say they thought thousands of people in this area and of course that the libyan government report that a number but it is a people from tribe to quote the country have come into the capital to support the struggle here again the rebels. very much relaxed in high spirit. that the libyan government are winning against the rebels and then we also have the news that mohammed gadhafi. moammar gadhafi doesn't run he was reported to have been captured has been released by his other brother comment gadhafi and he apparen

more from tripoli also spoke to lizzie failand she's there too she was on the phone with me just last hour she said that the rebels will meet fierce resistance in the city and the fear is that the police could become infiltrated by opportunistic terrorists. i think it probably is the most. so far i mean the next few days will be crucial. for your comments. he says in particular that for kerry and nearly every word in tripoli is. point to. the rebels so it's clear that these kids are probably going to see an easy time. for them but you have a picture regime and within the next few days it will cease it seems like people if the. paper is recommending that people. read that you know you could say. really. before becoming clear what this group or libya i mean the what if. it's a great. impact has an intelligence. if. you think the west especially against the west and the forces that are on the ground like i think . i would be if they've actually leaping they horning nato to. pick. them up at the base so that they time i mean areas like tripoli. you feel immersed me me and ivan eland so we

more from tripoli also spoke to lizzie failand she is there too she was on the phone with me just last hour she said that the rebels will meet fierce resistance in the city amid fears that tripoli could become infiltrated by opportunistic terrorists. i think it probably is the most. that so far i'm reading the next few days will be crucial. for the government and they have. not really since the beginning of their car and nearly every body in tripoli is on the. point perfectly ready to fifty of the of the rebels it's clear that the market the rebels in the seat not going to have an easy time and the government comes with them but they are you have the situation and within the next few days i will leave the scene. but bill if the. days of this crisis we were hearing that the so-called rebels revolutionary i said they are really. the night before this is becoming clearer and what what this group and libya i mean the the west is really a nightmare situation. had intelligence. that you think the west especially against the west and these forces are on the ground like i think leader abdel ha

the international journalists station we managed to speak on the phone with independent journalist lizzie phelan who saw saif gadhafi herself. that there had been some extraordinary event tonight of course we've been hearing over the past few days that the libyan government is crumbling the opposition has claimed the rebels are saying that they are going to take control of tripoli was not. surprised at all the foreign. power by far is actually docked at the hotel. with. one voice and he gave an interview he also took some of the time that we can drive. where they were taken to the area but some of them paid a thousand people in this area and supported the libyan government and that number but it is people from tried to cross the country have come into the capital to put the struggle here against the rebels. very much relaxed and high spirits insisted that the libyan government and volunteers are winning against the rebels and then we also have the news that mohammed gadhafi his mom i could see the signs he was reported to have been captured has been released by his other brother. and he a

colonel gadhafi congratulated his supporters independent journalist lizzie phelan says that the reports of the rebel success could be nato is a way of creating panic. gun fire and fire what's happening and it's gunfire by whites is celebrates every fire and as a result of. emergency rebels in the. gangs the libyan government are calling them. that had to have now been cleared out of the city and they've now been captured and arrested and essentially dealt with gunfire that we're hearing is celebrated become finding any explosions that we're hearing nato airstrikes or nato sites down bombs which are clearly designed to create a sense of panic in the capital city of tripoli now what we're hearing that happens today is that the. rebels in libya. channels they created sun state pretty much themselves inside saying that they were inside and tripoli created and of course the media then the mainstream media the western uganda these reports which creates a sense of panic amongst the libyan people so they went inside. in fear and then a number on gangs and much which are essentially sleeper cell

independent journalist lizzy feel and says we shouldn't write off the off season forces just yet. well i mean the say the hotel right now because if we see this situation. outside knots yesterday and i'm able so i will so that there's been intense nato bombing of the city. so clearly you know there's been a lot of bloodshed some nights the last that the last time we had which is a few hours ago i think death toll for the day it was one thousand three hundred so surety has risen above that and nato has or hasn't gotten his hands today so all i can say is i definitely would not underestimate the libyan army they do have in my supplies we have seen we should be very invention and about but the thing i mean hearing and i got the rebels say as we know they have made many claims throughout the duration of this crisis this which had been prevented the folds. journalist. who is also in. the situation on the ground is very dangerous and that they are surrounded by a rebel government. if there are so snipers around the world tell me should i do this i was actually shot and so on the sign sa

revolutionary flags all over tripoli some independent reports suggest girl khadafi may be regaining control lizzie heard it could be the leading leaders intentional strategy to let the rebels in. i have. people have come out in green square and other parts of the city waving the green flag and that the libyan army is in control now what we've heard is that the strategy up there libyan government an army was made. in sadr city because previously they have been operating in sleeper cells and that's why it was very difficult for the libyan army to know where they were hiding and so this strategy was part of bringing them out of the. direct confrontation so that they could be dealt with quite swiftly and also we have had that the tribes the large tribes that were shot by no one. and the tribes came in from came from the areas that joined the battle we have also heard that gadhafi was. with the people there. so this is this is the information that i'm hearing from our contacts that christianity of course this is a huge time around. and if they. can if they do come from coming to ours. then it will be v

giving us your thoughts on it as well tonight now a bit earlier on i spoke to independent journalist lizzie failon cheese in tripoli should been reporting about the last couple of days for she says that as far as she could see where she was the rebels how he had established any sort of control within the city. i'm not battles. only i mean the beneficial areas certainly. being what it could be small group of people just whatever you want to call them and not. some kind of treat the opposition didn't predict who is there for a really long race. against the libyan army which of course is a conventional army and before he. is in tripoli by the libyan government that's the beginning of it so really we could wait to get our and the. lawsuits and you like i said. they don't have any kind of populist the courts and they believe. any of it is in private he was. very very down i mean very much ready to have been using anywhere near military capability. that many volunteers were going to repeat were going to take it and take him on to other areas. isolate is not the opposition treatment they can any h

victory there we have got people on the scene in tripoli tonight telling us what they were seeing lizzie feeling was one of the reporters earlier on she was saying where she was at least there wasn't wasn't too much going on there was some violence and it wasn't shooting but it wasn't of the scale as some media outlets were reporting we also talked to another child who was holed up in a hotel that he'd been shot earlier on we could hear the gunfire going on in the background so obviously tension very much ratcheting up tonight in libya as if these reports are to be believed the rebels are now in. tripoli it's. self and as a say the other big news if gadhafi security brigade has indeed laid down its arms we're trying to get on top of this story for you we're hoping to bring you more in the next ten minutes. cross border violence a sword meantime in the middle east this week with israel launching airstrikes in gaza which for back with dozens of rocket attacks latest reports suggest that egypt has managed to broker a cease fire between the two sides tonight which could come into effect with

has called for a cease fire but says that the rebels are not ready to listen independent journalist lizzy of feeling and gave us this report from tripoli. the situation now is very grave and crucial and it's clear. that it's only obstacle to this brutal bloodbath in tripoli how can you say is is nato and the minute that nato leaves this country i mean it is bloodshed will and the rebels agree to that the beginning of the crisis that without the support of nato they would have collapsed within two days and this morning we had. a press conference with heads of the indian intelligence analysts and you see. the west. which to be in government of course has been saying all along and this is been vindicated a number of times during this crisis most recently the veyron al jazeera interview with. the who is a well known. terrorist who was speaking on behalf of the rebels in libya so now we have a situation whereby. leaving nato on the ground in libya they are ground forces they are poorly made and telling them where to bomb and here in tripoli every time that the rebels conduct threat from the ma

foreign journalists were holed up earlier we managed to speak on the phone with independent journalist lizzie phelan who saw saif gadhafi herself. been hearing over the few days that the libyan government is crumbling about this and i've trained the rebels that claim that they are in complete control of tripoli so it was much about the pride of the part of the foreign. power went by probably very dark at the hotel. honestly i think david if you don't know if you also took some of that with him for a drive. where they were taken to be the way some of them they thought thousands of people in the area and purport that the libyan government report that a number of these are people from tribe to quote the country have come in for their capital support this struggle here against the rebels. very much relaxed in high spirit and the fear is that the libyan government. are winning against the referee and then we also have that mohammed is that. gadhafi that the son he was reported to have been caught it has been released by his daughter by that i mean gadhafi i mean he apparently paid to be in televis

journalists are holed up earlier we did manage to speak on the phone with independent journalist lizzie phelan who saw saif gadhafi herself. we've been hearing over the past few days that the libyan government is crumbling opposition have claimed the rebels have claimed they have the control of tripoli so it was not surprised by the surprise of all the foreign journalists in the place where five hundred one showed up at the hotel. honeyboy i gave an interview he did and he also took some of the time with him for a drive through just to see where they were taken. by some of them say they saw thousands of people in this in the area and so forth that the libyan government that a number but it is a people from tribes across the country have come into the capital to put the struggle here against the rebels. very much relaxed and high spirit he says that the libyan government and volunteers are winning against the rebels and then we also have the news that mohammed gadhafi his brother and mom i could ask about the son who was reported to have been captured has been released by his daughter by

situation is much calmer than those suggested by reports we can now crossed independent journalist lizzie feelings covering the civil war from tripoli is a good to see you so there have been some reports of fighting in tripoli have you seen that or been able to get any confirmation of that. yes well there have been reports last night there was some incidents in parts of tripoli which seem to have been quite rapidly dealt with by the people here by libyan government so then people started to come out into the streets to rally in support of their leads are essentially and then after that there were a few more incidents it appears as though there have been a few snipers from the rebels shooting from buildings which obviously this is a very i'm talking about a very small number but the issue of snipers shooting from buildings what it does is it creates mass panic and it's very difficult for the libyan police the libyan army and the fallen teams here to deal with because of the threats of hurting civilians so it's clear as i was saying in my report last night that this is all part of the strat

independent journalist lucy feelin in tripoli to find out what's happening on the ground there hello lizzie thank you for joining us on what is sure to be stressful circumstances tell us first of all where are you exactly at this moment in time. at the moment i mean. how does how which is i when have foreign journalists think you can make up its time if you sense there in the can because it's necessary for immediate sentiment in the captain essentially. right now because if you see the situation. outside nots yesterday i mean it was so i will say that there's been intense makes opening up the city. so you know there's been a lot of bloodshed some nights the last step and last time we had which is a few hours i think very good death toll that day was one thousand three hundred so shooting is raising up on that that hasn't gotten its day. at this point are you being threatened in any way is the hotel under government control rebel controlled or do you know what control the hotel is under how do you feel at this moment time in terms of your threat level. well you know for myself and janet you